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Haruko Momoi
桃井はるこ
Haruko Momoi at Anime Expo 2007Background information Birth name Haruko Momoi Also known as Halko, momo-i Born December 14, 1977
Tokyo, JapanOccupations Musician, Songwriter, Voice actress Instruments Vocals, Keytar Labels avex mode Website momoi.com Haruko Momoi (桃井はるこ Momoi Haruko, born December 14, 1977) is a Japanese voice actress and singer/songwriter. She was born in Tokyo, Japan and is affectionately referred to as 'Halko' by her fans, a nickname she gave herself which is inspired by HAL 9000, the onboard computer of the Discovery in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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Summary
Career
Haruko took interest in personal computers from a young age and studied personal computer communications during her high school years. After she graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Yoyogi High School (ja), her articles and writing on her online blog caught the attention of the chief editor of the Weekly ASCII (ja) magazine. Eventually she was offered a job as a writer for the magazine.[1]
During the late nineties, Haruko began singing and doing live performances on the streets of Harajuku and Akihabara. She then debuted her single "Mail Me," a cover version of which appears in the movie Suicide Circle in 2000. Soon after, she debuted as a voice actress for her role as Komugi Nakahara in Nurse Witch Komugi. In 2002, she paired with Masaya Koike to form the duo UNDER17 and together performed songs for adult and mainstream video games and anime. After their last album Best Album 3 ~Soshite Densetsu e...~ and a live tour of the same name, UNDER17 separated in 2004 citing creative differences, and the two musicians have since gone their separate ways. She continued on with her solo singing career and in 2006, was signed under avex mode as a music composer and singer.
In 2007, Halko published an autobiography entitled Akihaba-LOVE, in which she tells of the major experiences that shaped her life, mainly those that were important in constructing her career as a musician and voice actress, but it also includes anecdotes from her childhood and stories of friendship, as well as personal opinions on different aspects of anime fandom.[2]
Performance
Leading roles in bold.
Anime
- 2001
- Final Fantasy: Unlimited (Ai Hayakawa)
- The SoulTaker (Komugi Nakahara)
- 2002
- Ai Yori Aoshi (Chika Minazuki)
- Galaxy Angel A (Announcer)
- Gravion (Doria)
- UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie (Maru)
- 2003
- Ai Yori Aoshi:Enishi (Chika Minazuki)
- Bottle Fairy (Tama-chan)
- D.C.: Da Capo (Utamaru)
- Popotan (Mii)
- Mahoromatic: Summer Special (Shi Ho)
- Mouse (Samantha Morijima in Ep. 12)
- 2004
- DearS (China)
- Gravion Zwei (Doria)
- Kujibiki Unbalance (Shinobu Enomoto)
- Paranoia Agent (Maromi)
- Ragnarok The Animation (Maya)
- Ryūsei Sentai Musumet (Kō Saotome)
- 2005
- D.C.S.S.: Da Capo Second Season (Utamaru)
- 2006
- Blackjack 21 (Suzie)
- Lovely Idol (Mai Nonomiya)
- Magikano (Marin Nijihara)
- 2007
- Code-E (Keiko Komatsuna)
- Prism Ark (Filia)
- Seto no Hanayome (San Seto)
- 2008
- Mission-E (Keiko Komatsuna)
- Tales of the Abyss (Anise Tatlin)
- 2011
- Steins;Gate (Feiris Nyannyan)
OVA
- Majokko Tsukune-chan (Tsukune)
- Netrun-mon (Chiyu)
- Nurse Witch Komugi (Komugi Nakahara/Magical Nurse Komugi)
- Nurse Witch Komugi-Chan Magikarte Z (Komugi Nakahara/Magical Nurse Komugi)
- Moekan (Moe no Mikoto)
Anime Movie
- Camp Pikachu (Wynaut)
Games
- Baldr Force EXE (Baschiera)
- BALDR BULLET "REVELLION" (Asou Natsume)
- D.C.P.S.: Da Capo Plus Situation (Utamaru)
- D.C. Four Seasons: Da Capo Four Seasons (Utamaru)
- DearS (China)
- Nurse Witch Komugi (Komugi Nakahara/Magical Nurse Komugi)
- Prism Ark (Filia)
- Prism Ark -AWAKE- (Filia)
- Steins;Gate (Feiris Nyannyan)
- Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity (Tia)
- Tales of the Abyss (Anise Tatlin)
- Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 (Anise Tatlin)
- Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 (Anise Tatlin)
- Tales of Fandom Vol.2 (Anise Tatlin)
Miscellaneous
- Kawaii! JeNny (Sister B)
Radio
- Kageyama ☆ Momoi no Baisoku Moe-Chan Neru
- Popo-Radi (Ended)
- Ragnarok Online: THE RADIO (Ended)
- Ura Momoi (Ended)
- Prism Knight (Ended)
- TOKYO→NIIGATA MUSIC CONVOY (January, 2006)
- Momoi Haruko no Chō! Momoi
- Momoi Haruko no Radio ☆ UP DATE (Ended)
- avex presents Momoi Haruko no NikoNiko RADIO
- avex presents Momoi Haruko no FumuFumu RADIO
- Seto no Hanayome: Yomeiri Radio (Ended)
Drama CD
- Ai Yori Aoshi series (Chika Minazuki)
- Tales of the Abyss series (Anise Tatlin)
- Prism Ark Special Sound Package (Filia)
- Prism Ark Drama CD: Sister Hell Prism Variation (Filia)
- Ragnarok The Animation Ver.1-Ver.3 (Maya)
- Poporaji (Mii)
Television
- D's Garage21 (TV Asahi, ended)
- Anime TV (Guest)
- AniPara Music-place (Guest)
- Geki☆Ten (Guest)
- Akiba!AKIBA☆Akiba[3] (Guest)
- Anime Tengoku (Guest, regular from October 2007)
- HOT WAVE (TVS, guest)
- JoyPopTune (TVS)
- @Tunes. (tvk, guest)
Discography
Singles
Date Released Single Name May 24, 2000 Mail Me July 27, 2005 Ton Dol Baby (トンドルベイビー) October 19, 2005 WONDER MOMO-i~New recording~ November 8, 2006 Saigo no Rock (さいごのろっく) December 6, 2006 Yume no Baton (ゆめのばとん) December 27, 2006 Enter! March 28, 2007 21 Seiki (21世紀) October 10, 2007 Party! October 25, 2007 Yuuen no Amulet/Opera Fantasia (悠遠のアミュレット/オペラファンタジア) October 25, 2007 R・G・B… November 14, 2007 Lumica (ルミカ) April 29, 2009 Ruujii Guujii (るーじー・ぐーじー) June 17, 2009 ☆Jien Otsu☆Song (☆自演乙☆ソング) March 2, 2011 Yoake no Samba (夜明けのサンバ) June 22, 2011 Ganbare... Sore wa, I Love You (がんばれ…それは、I Love You) Albums
Date Released Album Name August 9, 2006 momo-i quality February 21, 2007 Haruko☆UP DATE SONGS BEST (はるこ☆UP DATE SONGS BEST) March 21, 2007 Famison 8BIT (ファミソン8BIT) June 8, 2007 Famison 8BIT STAGE2 (ファミソン8BIT STAGE2) June 20, 2007 COVER BEST - Cover Densha (COVER BEST カバー電車) March 5, 2008 Sunday early morning December 3, 2008 more&more quality RED ~Anime song cover~ December 3, 2008 more&more quality WHITE ~Self song cover~ September 30, 2009 Henji Ga Nai, Tada No Shitsuren No Youda (へんじがない、ただのしつれんのようだ。) September 15, 2010 IVY ~Aibii~ (IVY 〜アイビー〜) August 24, 2011 Showa (しょうわ) Anime Singles
Date Released Single Name November 1, 2006 LoveLoveLove no Sei na no yo! (LoveLoveLoveのせいなのよ!) April 25, 2007 Romantic Summer May 23, 2007 your gravitation August 22, 2007 Dan Dan Dan August 27, 2008 Feel So Easy DVD
- momo-i Live DVD (avex mode)
- Haruko☆UP DATE (Pony Canyon)
- CLIP BEST (avex mode)
- Simultaneous release with the album Sunday early morning on March 5, 2008 with the making-of of her PVs and image collection.
Book
- Akihaba LOVE ~Akihabara to issho ni otona ni natta~
Convention appearances
Momoi performs at FanimeCon 2010
Momoi has appeared in various convention concerts outside of Japan. To date, she has visited the United States, Germany, Canada, Mexico, Finland, United Kingdom and Russia.
- Anime Expo 2007, Long Beach, California: June 29 - July 2, 2007[4]
- Connichi 2007, Kassel, Germany: September 7–9, 2007[5]
- Anime North 2008, Toronto, Canada: May 23–25, 2008[6][7]
- Connichi 2008, Kassel, Germany: September 12–14, 2008[8]
- FanimeCon 2009, San Jose, California: May 22–25, 2009[9]
- Aya Revolution 2009, Coventry, United Kingdom: August 14–16, 2009[10]
- Anime Vegas 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada: September 5–7, 2009[11]
- FanimeCon 2010, San Jose, California: May 28–31, 2010[12]
- Desucon 2010, Lahti, Finland: June 12–13, 2010[13]
- Momo-i Night Fest 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada: June, 19 2010[14]
- J-popcon 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark: November, 13 2010
- FanimeCon 2011, San Jose, California: May 27–30, 2011
- Japan Expo 2011, Paris, France: June 30-July 3, 2011
- Otakuthon 2011, Montreal, Canada: August 12-August 14, 2011
- J-Fest 2011, Moscow, Russia: November 19-November 20, 2011
References
- ^ 桃井はるこのほめぱげ Profile Page
- ^ otaku2.com: Momoi Halko: The voice of moe is surprisingly deep!
- ^ The title of the show is literally "Akiba" spelled differently three times in hiragana, English, and katakana respectively.
- ^ Halko Momoi Concert - Anime Expo 2007 - Anime News Network
- ^ Voice Actor Halko Momoi Live at Connichi 2007
- ^ Anime North to Host Voice Actress/Singer Halko Momoi - Anime News Network
- ^ Anime North - Halko Momoi's Personal Blog (Japanese Only)
- ^ Connichi 2008 Musical Guests
- ^ "FanimeCon 2009 - Guests". FanimeCon. 2009. http://www.fanime.com/guests.html. Retrieved 2009-04-18.[dead link]
- ^ "Momoi Haruko at Aya Revolution 2009". AyaCon. 2009. http://www.ayacon.org.uk/node/82. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ^ "Guests of Anime Vegas 2009". Anime Vegas. 2009. http://www.animevegas.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=3&Itemid=8&limit=10&limitstart=10. Retrieved 2009-08-10.[dead link]
- ^ "FanimeCon 2010 - Guests". FanimeCon. 2010. http://www.fanime.com/guests/. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- ^ "Desucon 2010 - Halko Momoi". Desucon. 2010. http://desucon.fi/halko_momoi. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ "Guests of Momo-i Night Fest 2010". Anime Vegas. 2010. https://momoinightfest.wordpress.com?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=3&Itemid=8&limit=10&limitstart=10. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
External links
- (Japanese) Momoi Haruko Official Website
- (Japanese) Right Gauge
- (Japanese) momoi halko's ho-me pa-ge
- (Japanese) Momoi Haruko Official Blog
- (Chinese (Taiwan)) momoi.info
- Haruko Momoi at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Haruko Momoi convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
- J!-ENT Special Feature Article & Interview: Momoi Halko (2007) 25-page J!-ENT Special Feature
- A public statement from Momoi Halko to her American fans J!-ENT - July 2007
- Exclusive Momoi Halko Interview at FanimeCon 2009 The-O Network Online
- (Chinese (Taiwan)) [1]
Categories:- Articles with Chinese (Taiwan) language external links
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Japanese musicians
- Japanese singer-songwriters
- Japanese voice actors
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